The Town of St. Helena

Known as “up-valley” to locals and recognized as the center of the wine-growing region of the Napa Valley, St. Helena is a quaint town of just 6,500 residents, with many buildings built before the turn of the twentieth-century from native stone.

St. Helena hosts many of the founding families of the valley and the Napa Valley Vintners Association. The lighting on Main Street is by antique electro Aires brought from the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.

Main Street hosts specialty shops, boutiques, restaurants, florists, and other businesses, each adding to the small-town atmosphere of the community. Charming Main Street tends to the interest of the community by providing the local community efficiency that supports its common good, rather than the tourist-drawing retail commonly found today.

The impressive architecture of the former Christian Brothers stone winery is now the home of the Culinary Institute of America. Here, professional chefs continue their studies and prepare meals at the popular gourmet restaurant, the Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant.

Also of interest are the Silverado Museum with its Robert Louis Stevenson memorabilia and the Napa Valley Wine Library housed in the town’s library.

The community strives for agricultural balance and integrity to the history of what made this town so special. It is a town of people that has a heart tied to the land and to the people that serve it. Every choice for growth is weighed out with considerable consciousness and a strong and active voice from the community erupts in either favor or not. It is a simple way of life here where the children are embraced, the youth encouraged, the seniors cherished and the land simply sacred and cared for.

St. Helena is a proud host of the Auction Napa Valley and monthly wine auctions and events that serve the many needs of charities that line the valley and beyond. Those that live here cherish the vintner’s lifestyle and the authentic way a farming community supports each other and charitable efforts globally.

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